I have recently installed puppy 431 frugal on sda3. I have searched forums and threads galore. I cannot connect to the internet. Do I absolutely need my pppoe user name? If so why dont I need that info for other linux distros. I have ethernet and have clicked on the "connect" icon and then "Internet by network or wireless LAN..." and then "eth0"
My realtek hardware and driver info appears in the box (8139too) and then I push "Auto DHPC" and the window with the progress bar appears and then just before the window dissapears it says error in the progress bar. Then I get a window that says NETWORK CONFIGURATION OF eth0 SUCCESSFUL! but when I open SeaMonkey I get Address Not Found!
I really like puppy and want to use it but I am SO FRUSTRATED!!
I tried

Are you trying to connect wired or wireless?
eth0 would be wired.
If you have a wireless card and are trying to connect, it may be that it is not being recognized.
Naturally, if eth0 is not connected, you will not be able to connect with it.

So, more information is needed such as card type, connection, (hard wired eth0, or wireless, or telephone modem type card.
It all makes a difference.

I am a bit confused about your question of pppoe.
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I have the feeling he needs the roaring penguin or the like to make his connection._________________Time savers:
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OK its not easy to get ahold of my ISP (cable company) for my username and password (I have to do it online and have not been able to get anywhere) so what I want to know is if I can somehow connect without that information. Other distros that I have used connect me to eth0 Automatically (I Have A Wired Connection) I have never had to enter my ISP username or password unless I was using a wireless router wich I am not. Thank you for your help and patients.

If you have a cable modem, at a certain moment you had to use the userid/password to establish the connection.

Did your cable modem arrive configured to make the connection when powered on?
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My experience with puppy is that it will automatically connect with an ethernet card. You shouldn't have to run the wizard. Try this:

1) Restart The X Server (Menu->Shutdown->Restart X server)
2) When X is rebooted open a Console window and
3) Type the "#cat /etc/resolv.conf" command again to see if it is getting DNS servers
4) see if you can ping 4.2.2.2

If it pings but you can't get to web sites your DHCP server isn't assigning a good DNS server.

Based upon the ip address in the ifconfig output you posted, I think you're getting DHCP from the router.

jafadmin,
If the cable modem isn't connected properly to the ISP, you can try what you want but there will be no connection. restartX won't help.
yeahman said also that in /etc/resolv.conf there is nothing else but Too many levels of symbolic links
So he didn't get dns addresses.
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